Drag



Nov. 6, 1923. 1,473,457

O. M. BLOOD DRAG Filed Nov. 27, 1922 ATTORNEY Paten edNiwi 6,1923; r

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"i "a ncaiio'n filed-November 27,1922; Serial-No. 603,543.

To all whom, it may .concem i 1 Be it known that I, OsCAR l\I.-BLooD, a itize-n of the United. States, residing at Herm'amin the county of Grant and State of Minnesota, have invented new and use:

ful Improvementsin Drags, of which the following is a specification.v

This invention relates-to road drags and contemplates-a construction wherein the dirt is moved sidewise toward the rcenterof the drag, in am anneriwhich prevents the dirt from: running around the ends' and leaving a ridge on-either side of the-center of the road, the drag being associated'with a leveler which follows the drag to equally distribute the dirt as wil-l'zbe readilymnderstood. 1 I

'In carrying out the invention. Inotronly' provide'a drag of novel.construction,- but design a le'veler which ,in one position presents a smo'oth'surface to' the ground, which surface is used whe'n'thel dirtis'in a dry condition, but which may be" reversed to pre-i sent a toothed surface 'to the ground when the dirt is moistened thereby breaking up all large pieces of earth-incidentto thepassage of the leveler over. the ground.-. j

The nature and advantages of theinvention will be better understood when the fol-x lowing detailed d%cription-is read in con nection with the accompanying drawing, the invention residing in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts as claimed. i v V o In the drawingsiorming part of this application, like. numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and wherein: 7

Figure 1' is a plan View;

Figure 2 is a sectional View. I r r V Figure 3 is a sectional. iew'taken on the line 33 of Figure;1,looking in the direction of the arrow; f f i a Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 3. 1

Referring to the drawingsjin detail, the drag. essentially embodies a plurality of spaced parallel bars whichfiare connected together by angle bars in the formationof' a frame. It is ofjoourseto be understood.

that the frame may includeany number of such parts with a view to varying its size and without departing from the spirit of the invention. Theangle bars are of V-shaped formation, and'arranged in groups adjacent the opposed ends of the frame, the bars of 1 above described.

one group being indicatedat 1 1,..a-re reversely disposed with respect to the bars. 12

ofjthe other group; The horizontal frame portions of the respective bars are riveted ,or

otherwise i suitably. secured, to r the bars l0,

while attached to; the dependingpdrtionsia ff of said bars, are plates 14. flfhese plates ai e manifestly of l-shaped formation to Corie; l: V spond to the configurationiot the bars to t5 Whichtheyare secured, andv the plates can vary in dimensions to rspacethei frame, 1 a

greater; orless distance from the gro-undas desired..- Arranged; between the diiferent groups of bars, is a plurality o-f;straight bars 15 which arealso ofangular formation in cross section, and each has securedthere i;

comparatively short bars; and are arranged to a plate 16 coextensiveLin 1 length thereg, v

with, :These bars, 15 {as above stated are 9 across the center ofthe frame in spaced par-.

allel relation with the adjacent extremity being formed, in the center of the roadway f these barsove'rlapped Thesebars and their plates j are utilized to prevent ridges incident to the movin'g ofthe dirt to-ward Arranged to follow the term a leveler, preferably made up ofspaced 1 the-centerjby the particular configuration 7 members 18, and each member. is secured to an angle bar 19 as clearly illustrated in Figure 4. The angle bars are connected together by transverse membersfZO and also ob liquely disposed members 21. Each member 18 has one smooth'edge, and the corresponding edges of the members are arranged -:in

'juxta-p'osition, while the remaining longi-v tudinal edge of each member is provided with teeth 22. The follower'in its entirety is adapted to be connected with the drag I V 7 proper in any. suitable manner which will permit the leveler to beconverted, so that the smooth edges may be presented tojthe' 'ground,.orthe toothed edges so presented; V Whenthe levelerjis: used with dry earth the i smooth edges are presented to the ground,

but whenthe earth is wet, the-toothed ,Sur 'facri'is'prbesentd so. as to breakup clodsor I leveler is moved over i flumps of dirt as the the surface.-

While it is believedthat fromtheforego r ing description, the nature and advantages 7 of the-invention will be readily apparent, I

desire to have it understood that I do not limit myself to what is herein shownjand de scribed, and that such changes may be resorted to when desired *as fall within the scope of What is claimed.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A road drag comprising a frame, road engaging elements arranged in groups at the opposed ends of the frame, said elements being of angular formation. with one group reversely disposed with relation to the other group.

2. A road drag comprising a frame, road engaging elements supported by the frame, each element being of substantially V- shaped formation, said elements being arranged in groups adjacent the opposed ends ofthe frame, with one group reversely disposed with relation to the other group.

3. A road drag comprising a frame, road engaging elements arranged in groups adjacent the opposed ends of the frame, said elements being of V-shaped formation in plan, with the elements of'one group reversely disposed with respect to those of the other group, and additional road engaging elements arranged between said groups in spaced parallel relation, and with the adjacent edges of the latter mentioned element overlapped.

4:. A road drag comprising a plurality of spaced parallel bars,- and angle bars of V- sh-aped formation arranged at one side of the parallel bars and connecting the latter, a road engaging element secured to each angle bar and corresponding in shape therewith, said angle bars and plates being arranged in groups adjacent the ends of the drag with one group revers'ely disposed with respect to the other group, additional bars a 7 arranged between said groups in spaced parallel relation and connected to the first mcntioned bars, and road engaging elements carried by said additional bars for the purpose specified. r

5. A road drag comprising a frame, a plurality of road engaging elements arranged in groups adjacent the ends of the frame, said elements being designed and arranged to move the dirt sidewise toward-the center of the road, additional elements arranged between the groups for spreading the dirt moved toward the center, and a leveler connected with the drag at the rear of the latter for the purpose specified.

6. A road drag comprising a frame, road engaging elements arranged in groups at the opposed ends of the frame, said elements the drag and including spaced parallel mem-- bers, each member having a smooth edge, and a toothed edge, and means for connecting the leveler with the drag whereby said leveler may be converted to present either of said edges to the ground for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

OSCAR M. BLOOD. 

